Null surfaces formulation in three dimensions

DOI10.1063/1.533422MaRDI QIDQ2738128zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Diego M. Forni, Mirta Iriondo, Carlos N. Kozameh

Publication date 30 August 2001

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0005120

zbMATH Keywords

2+1 dimensional gravitynull surface formulation of general relativity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

Abstract: The Null Surface Formulation of General Relativity is developed for 2+1 dimensional gravity. The geometrical meaning of the metricity condition is analyzed and two approaches to the derivation of the field equations are presented. One method makes explicit use of the conformal factor while the other only uses conformal information. The resulting set of equations contain the same geometrical meaning as the 4-D formulation without the technical complexities of the higher dimensional analog. A canonical family of null surfaces in this formulation, the light cone cuts of null infinity, are constructed on asymptotically flat space times and some of their kinematical aspects discussed. A particular example, which nevertheless contains most of the generic features is explicitly constructed and analyzed, revealing the behavior predicted in the full theory.

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